As I was a child that was groomed I can recognise how the manipulation can occur for vulnerable. Over 5,000 online grooming offences recorded in 18 months https://www.facebook.com/groups/485448898602210/?ref=share.

a total of 5,161 crimes of sexual communication with a child recorded in 18 months.

almost a 50% increase in offence in offences recorded in latest six months compared to same period in previous year.

a 200% rise in recorded instances in the use of Instagram to target and abuse children over the same time period1.